Berzo Inferiore (Camunian:
Bèrs) is an Italian comune of 2,316 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of
Brescia 
, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Geography
The village of Berzo Inferiore (Inferiore means "at the bottom" to distinguish from
Berzo Demo 
) is situated in Val Grigna, a side valley of the Oglio valley, upstream from
Esine 
and downstream from
Bienno 
.
History
The area has known habitation dating back to Mesolithic prehistory, as ascribed from artifacts found near Passo Crestoso. The first documentation of the town name is in a document from 1041, that mentions
Bercio. Documents also cite a quarrel with the nearby town of
Bovegno 
regarding pastoral lands. In 1350, the bishop of Brescia, Zanino Federici of Gorzone, asserted feudal rights for the territories of the Lower Berzo, Ono and Cricolo and
Cerveno 
of Rainaldo.